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Re: This should start an arguement. [message #281556 is a reply to message #281547]

Wed, 29 August 2007 21:03

Jecht
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nikki6ixx wrote on Wed, 29 August 2007 21:35

Right... except that many had no means of leaving the city.

The FEMA shelters that were offered were subpar, and the processes were grossly mismanaged. Hell, the people were treated like crap in many cases. With all that, of course they'd rather try and stick it out through the storm. All they had to their name was their property, and maybe not even that.

Remember, these people had little or no insurance. So even if they left, they'd come back to nothing. I find it disgusting that people from New Orleans are relying on Red Cross donations, even though they live in the wealthiest nation on Earth.

Let me get one thing straight. You're telling me that you'd rather risk your life and stay in the middle of a hurricane, of which will no doubt flood your house, your neighborhood, and your city and all so that you wouldn't get mis-treated for a while? Even if I was certain to be mistreated, I would leave even my current house in the suburbs mind you. Regardless of whether they stayed in their house or not is irrelevant to the fact on whether they had insurance or not. Unless they can somehow mutate into a some sort of comic book hero at the last second, they aren't stopping that water from reaching their property any faster than the levees did.

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As for the 'looking to the past' comment... well, this administration certainly didn't do their homework in Middle East History 101. If they had looked to the past, and critically evaluated it, there'd likely be no Iraq war. That's because the Middle East was a powderkeg, filled to the brim with religious hostility, big ego's, burning sun, and hot sand; not exactly a great place to cause a scuffle.

Show me a country where it would be a great place to cause a scuffle. They don't exist.

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I take issue with him calling some of America's poorest 'stupid' because my life wasn't always peaches and 'Super Nintendo-after-school'.

I'm not sure about yours...

...but I doubt you've ever collected bottles for anything other than a school bottle drive. I guess I used to be 'stupid' .

Calling poor people, 'stupid' , is ignorant. I guess all those people in Bangladesh are 'stupid'. China must be full of 'stupid' people too. Hell, Africa must be a whole continent of 'stupid'. I guess all those homeless people on our streets suffering from Schizophrenia and Depression are 'stupid' too, huh?

Funny... I hit ctrl+F, type in poor and the first thing I find is your post. The author didn't even make reference to poor folks in his rant. Meaning you're grasping at straws.

My background didn't start off breezy either, but my father worked his ass off his entire life to give his family everything. I don't give a shit about what these people say. Things such as "The rich keep the poor down." don't exist. If you think they do then that's a poor-ass excuse for your own faults in life. My father is a prime example that hard work does pay off.

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		Re: This should start an arguement. By: Jecht on Wed, 29 August 2007 21:03
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